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Final
The American West
Part I: Brief Answers
1. Who was President during the time of the Lewis & Clark expedition?
2. How is it believed that Meriwether Lewis died?
3. The part Native American son of William Clark was a member of which tribe?
4. What is the significance of the designs painted on shields by Native American
warriors?
5. Who was the famous General of the 7th Cavalry that was killed at Little Big Horn?
6. What famous US Military Leader found gold in the Black Hills?
7. How did gunman Wild Bill Hickok die?
8. What was Buffalo Bill's real name?
9. What was the nickname given to gold hunters when gold was first discovered?
10. The Alamo is in which state?
11. What nickname was given to the brother of Tecumseh?
12. Explain the curse that the brother of Tecumseh invoked?
13. Which U.S. President bought what we know as the Louisiana Purchase from Napoleon
Bonaparte of France?
14. What did Sequoyah do for the Cherokee that made him so famous?
15. The Dog Soldiers were warriors from which Native American tribe?
16. What famous animal did the Europeans reintroduce into the Americas?
17. How long did the Pony Express last (number of months)?
18. What was the secret of "Old Charley" Parkhurst?
19. Name one country besides the US where gold miners come from?
20. What was it that Crazy Horse refused to be taken?
Part II: Multiple Choice
21. Which of the following was a member of the Dog Soldiers?
a. Roman Nose b. Sitting Bull c. Black Kettle
22. Which of the following members of the Donner Party lost all of his family?
a. Patrick Breen b. William Eddy c. James Reed
23. Which of the following members of the Donner Party survived with all of his
family?
a. Patrick Breen b. William Eddy c. James Reed
24. Marcus and Narcissa Whitman went West to
a. pan for gold b. open a stagecoach company c. be missionaries
for the Indians
25. The Mormon Pioneers went west
a. to find the Whitmans b. looking for gold c. for religious freedom
26. In order to develop a stronger republic the Tejanos (Hispanic Texans)
a. built bigger farms b. allowed US settlers into Texas c. gave land
to Indians
27. The Battle of the Alamo was fought at
a. an ancient Spanish fortress b. a ranch c. An old Spanish
mission
28. Who was the first man to die inside the Alamo by taking a bullet in the forehead?
a. William Travis b. Davy Crockett c. Jim Bowie
29. What famous Tennessee Senator was believed to have been captured at the Alamo?
a. William Travis b. Davy Crockett c. Jim Bowie
30. What was the name of the man who led a "mapping expedition" into California?
a. Daniel Boone b. Sam Houston c. John Charles
Fremont
31. Which of the following was a member of Buffalo Bill's "Wild West" Show
a. Sitting Bull b. Wild Bill Hickok c. Annie Oakley
32. Toward which direction did the Central Pacific Railroad Line build?
a. East b. West c. North
33. Chief Sitting Bull was a member of which Indian tribe?
a. The Sioux b. The Cheyenne c. The Nez Perce
34. Brigham Young was a leader of which religious group?
a. Methodists b. Mormons c. Lutherans
Part III: More Brief Answers
35. Name one of the war chiefs of the Sioux or Cheyenne discussed in class :
36. The name, "Lakota" means:
37. Other Indian peoples called the Lakota by a different name. It was the Sioux which
meant:
38. Tell why Custer's eardrums were punctured following his death:
39. Tell why in many cases the Native American warriors mutilated the bodies of the
people that they killed (this may include the scalping of victims):
Part IV: True / False
40._____ Crazy Horse was a member of the Northern Cheyenne.
41._____ Black Kettle was killed at "The Battle of Sand Creek".
42._____ Roman Nose was a famous warrior leader of the Dog Soldiers.
43._____ "The Battle of Rosebud Creek" was known by the Indians as "The Battle Where
the Sister Saved Her Brother".
44._____ The Cheyenne split into two groups to follow the herds of buffalo that had
also split up.
45._____ Abraham Lincoln was President of the US when "The Battle of the Little Big
Horn" took place.
46._____ Belle Starr was was married more than twice.
47._____ Billy the Kid was killed by Jesse James
48._____ Jesse James was killed by Billy the Kid
49._____ One of the Dalton Brothers lived after taking 18 bullets.
50._____ Chief Black Kettle had a vision of "Little Big Horn" before it happened.
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